『성자명출(性自命出)』에서 ‘정(情)’의 문제: ‘감성인식’·‘도덕감정’·‘개체감정’의 합일

Abstract

This thesis aims to establish a common academic foothold for Eastern and Western aesthetics by finding an intersecting point on a more fundamental level between them in the concept of qing 情. A number of sinologists including A. C. Graham have shown constant interest in the concept of qing in ancient China and have attempted to link it with the concept of emotion in Western thought. However, the majority of sinologists’ understanding of qing still remains in the category of “moral emotion,” which is directly related to the choice of human actions, and thus it became inevitable that the personal human emotion found a limitation in the political purposes. This paper tries to reveal that the ancient Chinese concept of qing is directly involved in the realization of truth and the question of moral behavior―the issue of truth(眞) and good(善)―beyond the human emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure that appear in reality. This paper ascertains the origin and traces the process of separation and transition of the ancient Chinese concept of qing centered on the bamboo scripts of xingzimingchu 性自命出 through historical research. This makes it possible to show that the eastern concept of qing and the concept of human emotions in aesthetics are applicable to each other in the discussions about the unity between the truth, good, and beauty(美). The various implications regarding human emotions that qing gained in the discourse that intensified with the Chinese Weijin 魏晉 Dynasty promise to provide a foundation for a common discourse between Eastern philosophy and aesthetics in the future.